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different. >> if they're happy with the names, we are. that's it for us at 5:00. we'll see you back here for a hour tonight, closing argument. the january 6th committee makes a final hearings push. new details about what happened inside the white house as the attack on the capitol unfolded. >> it makes the watergate break-in look like the work of cub scouts. today in delaware, a biking president biden addresses the abortion fight after another weekend of protests. >> the only thing that's going to change this is if we have a national law that reinstates roe v. wade. also tonight, deadly strike. russia attacks an apartment building in ukraine, killing more civilians. plus, sequoias in danger. fire crews in yosemite national park race to save the world's tallest trees as wildfire flames intensify. summer surge.
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the virus' latest strain powers a covid comeback. >> reporter: i'm danya bacchus in los angeles where new restrictions could trigger a requirement to mask up. all-star spotlight. the wnba's biggest names gather while brittney griner's detention in russia takes centre court. and later, the stones still rolling after 60 years. the band this week marking the anniversary of their first performance. ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with new developments from that january 6th committee investigating the capitol attack and what many have called an attack on american democracy. so far, the committee has held six hearings. and this week, we could see the final two. the back-to-back hearings will
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focus on white nationalist groups and what former president donald trump was doing as he capitol was under siege. today we're learning new information following friday's closed door testimony of former white house counsel pat cipollone. cbs's christina ruffini is tracking it all for us tonight from the white house. good evening to you, christina. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. committee members say cipollone revealed new information and backed up what they've heard from other witnesses. and both of those things will play central roles in the final two scheduled committee hearings later this week. >> it makes the watergate break-in look like the work of cub scouts. >> reporter: in a statement today, the january 6th committee said former white house legal adviser pat cipollone's interview provided, quote, key points regarding donald trump's misconduct, including information demonstrating the former president's supreme dereliction of duty. >> he was aware of every major move, i think, that donald trump was making to try to overthrow the 2020 election and
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essentially seize the presidency. >> reporter: maryland democrat jamie raskin said the committee is also willing to hear from trump alley steve bannon, who had initially refused to cooperate, claiming executive privilege. >> if he wants to come in, i'm certain that the committee would be very interested in hearing from him. >> it's not even a contest, but you still need a judge that has courage. and so far, we haven't found that judge. >> reporter: on "face the nation" documentarian alex holder says no one in the former first family expressed any culpability for january 6th. >> in my interactions with them, no, not at all. >> reporter: today in delaware, a bike-riding president biden interacted with reporters, who asked about abortion. >> my ultimate goal is to reinstate roe v. wade as a national law. >> reporter: the president was also asked if he's considering using his power to declare a public health emergency to protect abortion rights. >> it's something i've asked the folks, the medical people in the administration to look at, whether i have the authority to
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do that. >> christina joins us now. this week, president biden makes his first trip to the middle east since taking office. that includes a stop in saudi arabia. christina, why now? why that visit? >> reporter: well, in an op-ed for "the washington post," the president says he knows a lot of people are against him going to saudi arabia, but in order to counter russia and compete with china, the u.s. needs strategic allies like saudi. he said human rights are and will always be a part of the discussion. but, jericka, what you're seeing here is at the center of this complicate the 80-year relationship, where strategic interests including oil and gas often override the better aspirational angels of diplomacy. >> christina, thank you. a reminder, cbs news will have complete coverage of tuesday's hearing on the january 6thky. a sanctions setback for ukraine. canada says it will allow the return of turbines for a pipeline that supplies natural
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gas from russia to germany. the turbines had been overhauled in montreal but held there since russia's invasion. and tonight, the war in ukraine grinds on as new weapons arrive on the front lines. cbs' holly williams is in dnipro. >> reporter: ukrainian soldiers are contesting every inch of territory. but these fighters said they were mainly relying on old soviet-era weapons, still waiting on new ones from the u.s. and its allies. they do now have communications equipment supplied by america. but their commander says the russians they're fighting have five or even ten times as much artillery as they do. outnumbered and outgunned, the ukrainians are using drones to gather intelligence on russian positions and claim they're having success with homemade bombs. the ukrainians are innovative
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and determined. they claim that more than 35,000 russian troops have now been killed here during this war, though we can't verify that. but russian losses don't seem to have blunted vladimir putin's ambitions. this week, the russian president boasted that his military hasn't even started in earnest. putin claimed he sent his troops to liberate ukrainians. instead, they're slaughtering civilians. ukraine says russian rockets hit this apartment building last night, killing at least 15. a ukrainian official called it another terrorist attack. yesterday, this elderly lady was killed in her own yard, also in ukraine's war-ravaged east. her grandson serves in ukraine's military and appeared to struggle to hold back his emotions. "i have nothing to say," he said. "i should go and kill putin myself."
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holly williams, cbs news, dnipro, ukraine. today a scare for passengers on a spirit airline flight in atlanta. the jetliner's brakes overheated and briefly caught fire on landing, causing some sparks and smoke. first responders hosed down the brakes and the plane which had to be towed to the gate. no one, thankfully, was injured. now to the latest on those wildfires out west. the washburn fire in yosemite national park has grown to more than 1,600 acres with fire crews working to save the towering sequoia trees. some of the trees are more than 2,000 years old. in utah, mhundreds of firefighters are battling multiple fires that are spreading thick smoke and affecting the air quality there across salt lake county. also spreading quickly, covid. it's a new summer surge fueled by what may be the most contagious subvariant yet. new daily infections now number more than 108,000. hospitalizations are also up 18%.
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cbs' danya bacchus is in los angeles with more on that. danya, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. icu admissions and deaths are not increasing at the same pace as new infections, but health officials here say they don't want to wait until hospitals are overwhelmed to try to slow the spread of omicron. crowds in los angeles are showing few signs of covid precautions as a rise in cases fueled by the most contagious subvariant could soon trigger the return of indoor mask mandates. nationwide, ba.5 is responsible for more than half of all new cases. cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus says a prior infection may not stop the strain. >> you can get reinfected now. >> reporter: do you think americans are still taking this virus seriously? >> americans have moved on from covid-19. the problem is covid-19 hasn't moved on from america. >> reporter: nearly 60% of the population is living in a high
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or medium covid risk area, and that comes as summer travel hits pre-pandemic levels. >> we look at the numbers compared to a year ago. where are we? >> in some aspects we're much better, in some aspects we're not. the hard part is we don't have good numbers. >> reporter: while there's less demand for vaccines, moderna just had to throw away about 30 million doses. dr. agus says they're the best weapon against another deadly covid wave. >> we're in a controllable situation, that's good, that's partly because of these vaccines. we have to get better at the booster campaign and in certain circumstances we may have to change our behavior by wearing masks and other things. >> reporter: updated vaccines by pfizer and moderna are expected in october. dr. agus says we'll need booster shots to give us greater protection against variants. >> sounds like we have to be flexible in all of this. thank you. today at the wnba all-star game, players honored brittney griner. one of the team's top players,
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she's currently held in a russian jail. in a symbol of unity, the all-stars wore griner's number, number 42, to start the second half. cbs's elise preston joins us with more on that. good evening, elise. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. players across the league are also standing in solidarity online, posting that this year's all-star game is not the same without the all-star center and two-time olympic gold medalist. >> reporter: the wnba superstars dazzled in chicago. >> sylvia will try a three. >> reporter: but much of the focus this all star weekend was on a player thousands of miles away in russian detention, introduced as an honorary starter. >> brittney griner! >> we'll answer questions about all-star and talk about the basketball, but you're going to see her name on the back of all of our shirts. ta-da. >> reporter: wnba commissioner kathy engelbert called brittney
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griner a top priority. >> fully focused on getting her home safely and as soon as possible. >> reporter: 31-year-old griner, at the height of her wnba career, pleaded guilty last week to drug possession, admitting to bringing cannabis vape cartridges into russia in her luggage. >> i would like to plead guilty on the charges. >> reporter: russian policy experts say the guilty plea may be a strategy to expedite griner's trial and switch the focus to negotiations to bring her home. griner's wife spoke to president biden about the administration's efforts. >> i understand that what they are doing is very challenging. >> reporter: former new mexico governor bill richardson, who has worked on other international prisoner exchanges, confirmed griner's family has asked for help with her release. but his office has not released any details on a possible trip to moscow. now, it's not uncommon for wnba players to compete overseas during their off-season. on average, the female players make just a fraction of what nba
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players make, so competing overseas helps supplement their income. jericka. >> elise preston for us, thank you. today at wimbledon, novak djokovic reclaimed his champions crown, winning the men's singles title. it took djokovic four long sets to beat australian nick kyrgios. this is the fourth year in a row the 35-year-old from serbia has won wimbledon. and get this. his 21st grand slam title. well, straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, utah's great salt lake hits a record low. we take you there to find out why. in spain, speed matters as pamplona's bull run festival returns. and later, the stones mark 60 years together, still rockin' and rollin'. for people who are a little intense about hydration. neutrogena® hydro boost lightweight. fragrance-free. 48 hour hydration.
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according to the person who filmed this, they left a group of tourists after finishing a guided tour to take some pictures when this happened. the raging snow forced them to hide behind a rock. the hiker who took the video is okay but acknowledged he could have died. a slow-motion disaster is under way in utah. the great salt lake is shrinking. satellite images show water levels receding between 1986 and 2021. you can see large sections of lake bed are exposed. in tonight's weekend journal, john blackstone shows us why the water is at a historic low. >> reporter: the lone kayaker on utah's great salt lake is capturing a developing climate disaster. brian, from a company called earth views, is using a 360-degree camera so anyone on the internet can see what's left as the lake continues to shrink. >> so 30 years ago, we would have been over there along the side of the mountain, and there would have been a shoreline actually, not a lake bed.
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>> reporter: 30 years ago, the great salt lake covered some 3,000 miles. now it covers less than 1,000. dust storms are becoming a major threat. scientists from the university of utah bike across the dry lake bed with instruments to measure how dangerous those dust storms could be. >> the dust that comes off the lake is very visual. you can see this wall of dust, and it reduces the visibility, and people are very concerned about what might be in the dust that they're breathing. >> reporter: kevin perry, a professor of atmospheric sciences, has discovered high levels of arsenic in the dust. >> and arsenic is concerning for a variety of reasons. it can lead to lung cancer, skin cancer, bladder cancer, cardiovascular disease, and
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diabetes. every measurement i took was high in arsenic. the only way that can happen is if it's naturally occurring and has gradually accumulating in the lake bed over thousands of years. >> reporter: preventing dust storms requires getting more water into the great salt lake with the west in the grip of a drought that's lasted 20 years. this is the bear river. it's fed by melting snow from the mountains here, and it's the main source of water for the great salt lake. but right now it's flowing at just 15% of what it would normally be doing at this time of year. >> here we go. >> reporter: joel ferry runs a farm along the bear river. he's also responsible for the state's water. on his farm, he's made big changes in the way he irrigates. >> to make sure that there's enough to go around. >> reporter: in his new job, he has to convince both farmers and city dwellers to treat water as a precious resource. >> we've got to figure this out. it's not going to be cheap, but
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today in pamplona, spain, the running of the bulls is back. hundreds of thrill seekers scrambling for their lives as the bulls charge down the almost half-mile course. no one was gored in this run. this is the first bull run since the start of the pandemic. well, from bulls to foul balls. catching them is a time-honored tradition at baseball games, but sometimes it can be painful. like the atlanta braves fan you see here. he dives for a foul ball and face-plants on top of a stadium chair. it looks like it hurt. i'm sure it did. but he doesn't seem fazed at all, shows us he got the ball, and even does a little victory dance. wow. well, next on the "cbs weekend news" rock and roll royalty back on tour, marking 60 years together. ♪ ask your doctor about breztri.
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♪ >> reporter: mick and the boys banging it out and bringing it back home to london's hyde park. sir mick jagger now. keith richards, ronny wood. ♪ rock and royal royalty still pulling it off well into their late 70s. part of the stones' 60 tour, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the bands first ever gig here in london. absent was drucmmer charlie watts, who died last august at the age of 80. front man mick proved fully capable of throwing it around like a teenager. back in 1962, the rolling stones never thought the band would stay together for two years, let alone 60. just a few baby-faced musicians who would become one of the most influential rock groups in history.
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if london was the capital of the swinging '60s, the beating heart is famed carnaby street. and at the rolling stones shop, we find fans of all ages. >> they're incredible. all the music they have played and how tight they are, how just like energetic and fun it is. it's just so much fun. >> so what explains their magic? >> well, they are legends. >> legends? >> and i mean, they're still jamming. >> they are. fantastic, isn't it? >> so you've come all the way from the states to watch the rolling stones. why? >> we did. they put on such a great show. >> doesn't it always feel like this concert might be the last? >> i hope not. >> reporter: the simple fact is the rolling stones have managed to outlast every single rock band on the planet and continue to sell out the largest stadiums in the world.
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and not just stuck playing their hits from the '60s but pumping out new music and selling 240 million records worldwide. even at their last big anniversary, their 50th, mick marveled at their own longeviy. >> definitely rocking, yes. yeah, things are good. 50 years seems an awfully long time, but it seems to have gone quickly. >> reporter: classic and timeless. ♪ a bit like the rolling stones themselves. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. ♪ >> it's almost like they'll never stop. that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. coming up on "60 minutes," robots and flying vehicles are taking flight. i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks so much for joining us. have a great night. have a great night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> now at 6, she helped weed lead the recall. we asked brooke jenkins the top questions. >> you're going to see a different tone in san francisco, that we are no longer indifferent to property crime and drug crime in san francisco. an uphill battle to tame an exploding yosemite explosion. and the grandfather ambushed in front of his own home. his family speaking out about the stunning ring camera video. later in the hour, some local people so fear about the
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monkeypox they aren't even shaking their friend's hands. >> i'm brian hackney. we'll begin with big changes coming at the san francisco district attorney's office after a recall election that attracted national attention. one of the biggest critics is taking his place as san francisco's new biggest attorneys. >> brooke jenkins says the city is in crisis. how she plans to balance reform and accountability. >> if i made it once, we'll be firing some people here. >> i haven't made any personnel decisions at this time so i -- you know, that's not a question i can answer right now. >> yes. the fda came out with an article you probably read about it. you met with senior staffers. according to them, quote, horrible, y,

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